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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 01:55 AM Original message |
Is what the US has been doing in Iraq genocide? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. Well, some of the neocons wanted us to wipe out most or all young Sunni men-- |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 02:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. no |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 02:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. No, this was from an article I read by Glenn Greenwald in Salon-- |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yes. |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 02:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. no they don't |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
3. by design |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
4. No |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 02:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. "any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 02:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. And we weren't even trying then. |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 02:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. the key word is not "part" |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 02:31 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I've gone round with this term too. |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 02:36 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. that term is irrelevant to this discussion |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 02:40 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I've gone round with "intent" also and agree. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 02:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Only America could commit careless genocide for Halliburton, |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 02:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. John Edwards used the word |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 02:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Genocide does not require the intentional killing of all the Iraqis as you suggest |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 02:29 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. again |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 02:32 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. You are, of course, entitled to your opinion. |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 02:38 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. so what on earth |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 02:59 AM Response to Reply #15 |
27. so what's your evidence |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 02:42 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. To suggest that what Bush has done in Iraq was not intentional does defend Bush and his war |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 02:44 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Was the intent to terrorize and control things there, to steal and cheat? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 02:50 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Deleted message |
Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 02:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Missing the point |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 02:48 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. I was responding to post # 4 not yours |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 02:53 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. sorry |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 03:06 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. I am having a difficult time figuring out what question you want me to read and answer |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 03:20 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Seriously dude can you read |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 02:34 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. So if I cause serious harm to one member of a group ("in part"), is this genocide? |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 03:00 AM Response to Reply #17 |
28. If you stole one child and a group of your friends each stole a child from another group then yes |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 03:03 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Only if the intention of the kidnapping |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 11:47 AM Response to Reply #28 |
38. What if my intent was to take this child and raise it as my own? |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 03:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
32. It does not have to be waged with the intention of killing ALL... |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
41. Actually it doesn't have to be "all." The legal definition is to destroy in whole or in part. |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 03:05 AM Response to Original message |
30. Most definitely yes, one need only read the accounts of Falluja.. |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 03:23 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. was the intent of slaughtering all those people |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 03:45 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. See post 32 -- your denial is just silly... |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 03:16 AM Response to Original message |
33. Yes. |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 03:29 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. pointing out that it does not meet |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
39. Parse words to your heart's content. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
40. sounds like it to me |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
42. Yes. to answer your question |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
43. I believe it is, YES! |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
44. Hey |
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